44 MARINER / 2016 - ISSUE 3
Eight Bells
David S. Dyer ’55
died June 24 in Satellite Beach, Florida. Dyer
served in the U.S. Navy and retired from General
Electric after more than 35 years. An avid sports-
man, he also enjoyed his family, traveling and
playing cribbage.Bruce R. Ingalls ’55
died June 27 in Machias, Maine. Ingalls earned
his bachelor degree in marine science from
MMA. He joined the U.S. Navy and was honor-
ably discharged in 1967. Then, he started his ca-
reer as a merchant mariner, sailing with Sealand
for 30 years. He was a member of the Howard
Lodge #91, Blanquefort Comm. #13, Washington
Chapter #16, and the Anah Shrine. After retiring
at age 55, he enjoyed spending summers at Bog
Lake and snow-birding in his 5th wheel with his
wife, Jean.John E. Haramis ’61
died on July 1 in Warrenton, Virginia. Haramis
worked for 34 years at Mobil Oil, retiring as In-
ternational Marine Marketing Manager. He also
served as President of the Byram Township, New
Jersey Board of Education in past years.Edward P. “Ted” Sullivan ’61
died July 1 in Westbrook, Connecticut. Sullivan
earned his degree in mechanical engineering
at MMA. He has been a resident of Essex since
1965, and in that same year established Sulli-
van Paving Company. He retired in 2005 and
the business continues to be family owned and
operated. Sullivan enjoyed cooking, entertaining
and was an avid fisherman and golfer. He was a
member of the Westbrook Lodge of Elks and theTide Runners. Ted will be remembered by many
as a true leader, role model and mentor.Walter D. Calder ’66
died June 27. He spent his youth in Washington
County, Maine, hunting, fishing, helping out with
the family fish business and later, selling lobsters
on his own. After graduation from MMA, he
spent two years in the U.S. Coast Guard in Port
Arthur, Texas before moving to Newport News,
Virginia to work at the city shipyard. Calder
joined the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
as a marine surveyor in 1971. Life with ABS took
him and his family around the world, but he
maintained his connection to Maine through-
out his journeys. He was an ABS surveyor in
Baltimore, Maryland; Kobe, Japan; and Newport
News, Virginia. He served as Principal Surveyor
for a second stint in Kobe and then in Taipei,
Taiwan; Boston, Massachusetts; and Morgan City,
Louisiana. He retired from ABS in 2000. Never
one to slow down, Calder soon started Covington
Acres Bed & Biscuit, a dog boarding kennel, in
Covington, Louisiana. A lover of animals—par-
ticularly dogs—he was appreciated by pet owners
for his dedicated and accommodating service
and their pets loved the fact that he always had
time to give a scratch on the chin. His friends and
family fondly remember him as a kind, caring
man with a keen sense of humor. Calder’s life ex-
perience and know-how were a constant resource
for his sons and fodder for memorable conversa-
tions with friends and strangers alike.Michael P. Fabio ’04
died July 17 in Milo, Maine. Michael attended
schools in Falmouth through 1996. During that
time, in 1994, he joined the High School Studies
Program at MIT, and was accepted as a freshman
at USM. In 1995 he was a member of the Fal-
mouth Wattsmen, the team that raced an electric
car in the American Tour de Sol. A strong propo-
nent for the establishment of the Maine School
of Science and Mathematics (MSSM), Fabio
testified before the legislature in 1995 on behalf
of the school. He attended MSSM for his junior
and senior years, where he developed friend-
ships that lasted his lifetime. While there, he
participated in a voyage on the Bowdoin, which
fueled a lifelong love of the sea. After MSSM, he
worked for Saunders Electronics until entering
MMA in 2001where he was the recipient of the
Henry A. Scheel Award. He graduated summa
cum laude. Since 2005, Fabio divided his time
between Maine and Alaska, where he worked asa chief mate in Valdez on oil recovery vessels for
Crowley Marine. He had an insatiable curiosity,
and excelled in all things electrical and electronic.
A gentle man, children and animals gravitated to
him, and he was always ready to help someone
out. He was loved and admired by crew mates
and friends alike.Peter P. Bowler ’55
died July 30 in Maine. Bowler attended many
schools across the country and up and down
the East Coast before his folks retired to South
Portland in 1949. Bowler graduated in 1952 from
South Portland High School and in 1955 from
Maine Maritime Academy with an engineering
degree and his commission in the U.S. Navy as an
ENS. In September 1955, he entered Navy Flight
School in Pensacola, Florida. He married Allene
Brookes in April 1956, in South Portland. He
received his wings for multi-engine aircrafts in
Hutchison, KS, in 1957. His first duty station after
receiving his wings was Brunswick Naval Air
Station, VP 26. From there it was Post Graduate
School in Monterey, California, and then on to
the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., VP7, USS
Saratoga #61 and several tours in Iceland and Jax
Naval Air Station, Florida. Retiring as Lieutenant
Commander in 1975, he moved to Gorham with
his family where Bowler attended USM and
earned his Master’s in Business Administration.
He continued flying, joining the Civil Air Patrol
and then a flying club in Portland, where he was
a flight instructor. He opened the H&R Block
office in Gorham in 1981, and owned it for
more than 30 years, later turning it over to his
daughter, Wendy Bowler. He joined the Masons
in 1976 heading all York Right Bodies. He was
Grand Commandery of Maine in 1999-2000. In
2005 at the age of 70, his son-in-law, Paul Rollins,
taught him to scuba dive and went diving all over,
including several trips to Bonaire. Bowler was a
self-taught oil painter, painting many lighthouses
and ocean sceneries. He did wood carvings and
carved tulips in the kitchen cabinet doors. The
family raised Old English Sheepdogs, Herefords
for several years and many other animals and
always chickens and a veggie garden. They were
active in the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
for many years.David R. Moore ’67
died August 2 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. He
grew up near Philadelphia and learned to love
the ocean working fishing charters on the Jersey